KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 – The High Court here Tuesday granted an application by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Barisan Nasional secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to suspend the proceedings of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s lawsuit against them. The case pertained to an allegation by PKR of
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 – Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said police spent nearly twice as much on security for the September 16 “red shirt” rally than on the Bersih 4 gathering a month earlier to maintain law and order. He said there was a total of 191 officers and
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has proven to be the saviour of Malaysia’s economy even though there are claims it burdens the people. He said GST revenue could cover the shortfall in government income as a result
CYBERJAYA, Oct 27 – Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani urged housing development projects to focused on low and medium cost houses instead of affordable homes. He said the word ‘affordable house’ need to be reviewed because they need to mention low cost and medium cost since affordable homes are priced at RM300,000.
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 – The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is concerned with the reported incident onboard Malindo Air flight OD1003, whereby an electronic smoking device battery caught fire in its cabin on Oct 25. DCA director-general Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman in a statement today said the department was currently conducting
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid told the Dewan rakyat here Monday that there was eighth National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) that focuses on addressing teachers’ administrative workload through the Repositioning of Teachers’ Core Duties initiative will be expanded nationwide. “The move was to assist and
KEPALA BATAS, Oct 27 – The federal government has always been fair in distributing allocations during the tabling of the national budget and has never sidelined any state, including Penang, for that matter. Penang Federal Action Council chairman Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Osman told a press conference here on Monday that the distribution
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 – Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) said its foreign exchange loss is not at a worrying level as it is only at 12 per cent of its total debts. TM Executive Director and Group Financial Officer Datuk Bazlan Osman said the telco’s total debts in foreign currency stood at
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 26 – The Penang Property Summit 2016 will take place for the second time. It is the collaboration between the Penang State Housing Committe and PenEvents. While the PIP will also be held at the SPICE Arena on 8-10 January, 2016. Exco member for Housing and Town &
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 27 – A Form Five student was found dead with slash wounds to her neck, at her family’s flat in Bandar Baru Teluk Kumbar near here on Sunday. The body of the 17-year-old student from a secondary school in Teluk Kumbar was discovered by her father around 7.30 pm.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also UMNO vice-president hold a press conference after opening the 2015 National Consumers Day celebration in Dataran Merdeka here on Sunday said UMNO members should continue supporting and respecting the party’s top leadership if they want
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 27 – Hunza Realty Sdn Bhd director Gee Su Lyn had been announced that the Bayu Nyaman low-cost housing is expected to be completed in February 2016. There were 823 structures on the 42 acre land bought by Hunza and 750 of them had accepted the resettement packaged offered by
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said here on Sunday the the reduced allocation in the education sector under Budget 2016 does not only affect Chinese schools. He said the allocation of RM500 million in Budget 2016 which to develop and
NIBONG TEBAL, Oct 26 – A man had broken both of his arms after crashes into police road block at Km 9.4 at the Batu Kawan Expressway on Sunday. The incident was happen in the early morning during the operation which started at 12am and ended at 6.30am. Seberang Perai Utara police
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed claims by some quarters that the higher allocation for Sarawak in Budget 2016 is for winning the upcoming state election there. He said the question of buying votes should not have been brought up because whatever
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that the silat needs to be developed while the practitioners of this martial arts must enhance their expertise to become the nation’s third defence mechanism apart from the military and police. The prime minister hoped that silat at the grassroots level
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – Hawkers are advised to make use of all the facilities provided by the government for enabling them to generate income and to reduce dependency on social assistance. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said infrastructure such as stalls were not fully utilised and some were left
MELAKA, Oct 26 – Party information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan hold a press conference on Sunday said UMNO would produce at least 20 speakers for each division nationwide in preparation for the 14th General Election (GE14) The effort would be taken soon to produce high-calibre, creative and competent echelon leaders in fighting for
KUANTAN, Oct 26 – Seventy-five per cent of the news contents and statements disseminated through the social media are false, posing a big challenge to forging racial unity in the country. National Unity and Integration Department deputy director-general Kapli Emek said a special study conducted by the department found the false news
SERDANG, Oct 26 – Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek called on Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) graduates to be agents in the transformation of the agricultural sector. He said as the new hope in the government’s efforts to transform the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, Ahmad Shabery also said that
